MATERIAL, ENERGY AND EXERGY BALANCES OF INDUSTRIAL PROCESSES

MATERIAL, ENERGY AND EXERGY BALANCES OF INDUSTRIAL PROCESSES (48h)
Responsible lecturer: prof. dr hab. eng. Zygmunt KOLENDA**

PART 1. GENERAL FORMULATION OF MATERIAL AND ENERGY BALANCES

  1. Material balances
  2. Energy balances

PART 2. EXERGY BALANCES

  1. Available and unavailable energy
  2. Definition of exergy
  3. Maximum work and exergy losses
  4. Exergy balances and exergetic efficiency
  5. Calculation of exergy: Physical exergy Chemical exergy

PART 3. AN APPLICATION OF THE LEAST SQUARES METHOD TO THE ADJUSTMENT OF THE MATERIAL, ENERGY AND EXERGY BALANCES

  1. Introduction
  2. Mathematical solution – least squares adjustment
  3. Examples of calculation

PART 4. INDUSTRIAL APPLICATIONS OF EXERGY AND THERMAL OPTIMIZATION

  1. Introduction
  2. Exergy analysis of typical irreversible processes
  3. A common sense second law approach for improving process efficiencies
  4. Is there a global optimum? This is a question.

PART 5. ENTROPY GENERATION MINIMIZATION AND THERMODYNAMIC OPTIMIZATION

  1. Introduction
  2. Entropy generation – reversible and irreversible processes
  3. Applications and numerical examples. Heat transfer processes

PART 6. MATHEMATICAL MODELLING OF HEAT AND MASS TRANSFER PROCESSES USING LEAST SQUARES METHOD

  1. Introduction
  2. Methods of numerical solution
  3. Numerical examples
  4. Conclusions

** prof. dr hab. eng. Zygmunt KOLENDA University of Mining and Metallurgy AGH, Cracow, Poland, Faculty of Non-ferrous Metals, head of Dept of Theoretical Metallurgy and Metallurgical engineering, 125 papers, main scientific and research activities on principles of general thermodynamics, heat and mass transfer, numerical methods, theory of mathematical modelling, energy and exergy analysis, thermodynamics of irreversible processes,
Visiting Professor: Institute for Advanced Studies Mexico, Institute for Advanced Studies, Japan Society for the Promotion of Sciences, Kyoto University, University of New Brunswick, Fredericton, Canada, Metropolitan University of Mexico City, Mexico, Postdoctoral Fellowship, University of New Brunswick, Fredericton, Canada , participation in 254 international conferences.